Burkey Belser Gave American Eaters A Label Full Of Nutrition Facts

from Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson · host Brady Carlson

Today in 1947, the birthday of Burkey Belser, the designer of the nutrition facts label, and someone whose influence is close by pretty much any time we buy groceries. Plus: for National Ice Cream Sundae Day, a visit to Las Cruces, New Mexico, home to a green chile sundae. Burkey Belser, designer of ubiquitous nutrition facts label, dies at 76 (Washington Post)New Mexico’s green chile sundae lands on ‘Most Unique Local Dishes’ list by Yelp (KRQE)It’s a fact that our Patreon backers make this podcast possible

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